HPV Vaccine Hesitancy accross 10 HHS Region

My capstone project is using the national immunization survey -Teen( NIS-Teen) which are a critical tool used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor vaccination coverage, including the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, and quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines, among adolescents aged 13–17 years in the United States (https://www.cdc.gov/nis/media/pdfs/2024/11/NISTEENPUF23HHQUEX.pdf) . The NIS-Teen consists of two main components:

  1. Household Interview Questionnaire: This is conducted with parents or guardians of adolescents to gather information on vaccination status, demographic characteristics, and reasons for vaccine hesitancy or refusal.

  2. Provider-Immunization History Questionnaire: This is sent to healthcare providers to verify the vaccination records of the adolescents listed in the household interviews

My research focuses on understanding HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of teenagers, utilizing variables from the 2023 parental household interview component of the NIS-Teen data set.

  • HPV Total vaccinated count and Proportion
  • HPV Total Unvaccinated count and percentage
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
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Proportions of Vaccinated
54565860626466

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Fig: Weighted proportions of HPV vaccination (Vaccinated teen / Total population in the region) in Teens (13-17) across the 10 HHS regions of the US
  • Description: This figure shows the proportions of teens who are vaccinated for HPV.
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Region 5
Region 6
Region 7
Region 8
Region 9
Region 10
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Proportions of Unvaccinated
182022242628

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Fig: Weighted proportions Unvaccination (Unvaccinated teen / Total population in the region) in Teens (13-17) across the 10 HHS regions of the US
  • Description: This figure shows the proportions of teens who are not vaccinated for HPV and do not intend to get vaccinated.
  • Data table
  • HEATMAP
Table: Reasons for HPV vaccine hesitancy among US teens (13-18) across 10 HHS region, US
Region 1Region 2Region 3Region 4Region 5Region 6Region 7Region 8Region 9Region_10  sociocultural barriers   systemic barriersalready up-to-date (UTD) handicapped/special needs/illness, and  Intention to complete; not completedlack of knowledge. Other reasons personal reasons safety and effectiveness concernsvaccine misinformation 
0102030PercentageHHS RegionReason of hesitancy
  • Heatmap: Percentage Distribution of HPV vaccine hesitancy reasons across the 10 HHS Regions